Birth Story of Colin Jon

Thursday night,
1/2/14, I slept awful and my hips were killing me! So at 7:30 in the morning I
rolled onto all fours and did a child's pose. All of a sudden I felt a "pop!" So I jumped out of bed
and there was a small gush. I went to the bathroom and knew it couldn't be pee.
I walked back to our bedroom and told Greg "well, something is happening
today."

I called the midwives and being GBS+, they told me to come
to L&D to be checked out. I took my time, made breakfast for Cameron and
myself, did laundry and dishes, took a shower, and then left around
10:50. I took my time driving up to Boulder and called my dad to let him
know there was a possibility of something happening today. I also called my mom
to let her know that she should be ready "just in case," but that I really didn't think anything
was happening, as I hadn't even had a contraction yet, three hours later.

I got to the hospital at 11:15 and got checked in. Still,
nothing happening, no pain, no additional leaking, no contractions!Shortly after checking me in, my midwife,
Calla confirmed my water had broken and that I was being admitted. Yay! I
called Greg and my mom to let them know that they should head up soon, since I
was being admitted. Calla asked me what I wanted to do for "pain
management." I told her that since the birth of Cameron was unmedicated
and natural, I was okay with getting an epidural this time. She called the
anesthesiologist.

At 12:05 I logged my first contraction. I texted Greg and my
mom at 12:30 asked where they were because my contractions were now 2
minutes apart! Things were picking up fast. He and my mom walked in at 12:35
and my contractions were starting to get painful. I'm guessing, in retrospect,
that I was in transition at this point. My midwives recommended going pee at
1:00, so I did, and had an awful, awful, awful contraction. At this point, the
anesthesiologist had walked in the room. I came back to bed and had another
awful contraction. The anesthesiologist asked "are we doing this?,"
and Calla said, "let me check her first." I finally let Calla check
me. I was at a 9!!! The anesthesiologist said, "I guess not!" and
walked out. Calla told me to push. I had a small gush of fluid and she said
"you're probably at a 10 now, let's have a baby!" I pushed through 5
contractions and out he came... All almost 9 lbs. of him! Before I could do
anything else, I had to take a peek between his legs to see if he was a he or a
she! I still cannot believe I went from no contractions to baby in just a
little over an hour. I'm glad it was fast, but seriously, holy cow! Colin was 8
lbs. 15 oz. AFTER he peed on me, which is why I call him "my 9
pounder." The nurses and Calla joked that "next time" I better head
in ASAP or that I will probably have a "car baby."

We did immediate skin to skin for 1.5 hours. I had no
complications whatsoever. Easy peasy lemon squeezy. Now, if I can only convince to have a third... :)

About Me

My name is Kristen.
I'm a half Japanese (HAPA!) wife and SAHM.
I've got a husband who's my best friend, and we have two awesome kids. Cameron who's seven, and Colin who turned four in January. They are the coolest little people we know.
We enjoy living in Northern Colorado, by way of Northern California and the South Carolina low country.